Jeremiah 1:7
1:7 The
Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go
to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
Ezekiel 2:3-4
2:3 He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.
2:4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’
Luke 24:46-48
24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ
would suffer
and would rise from the dead on the third day,
24:47 and repentance
for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed
in his name to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.
24:48 You are witnesses
of these things.
Acts 1:8
1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts
of the earth.”
Acts 4:20
4:20 for it is impossible
for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 5:20
5:20 “Go and stand in the temple courts
and proclaim
to the people all the words of this life.”
Acts 5:29-32
5:29 But Peter and the apostles replied,
“We must obey
God rather than people.
5:30 The God of our forefathers
raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.
5:31 God exalted him
to his right hand as Leader
and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
5:32 And we are witnesses of these events,
and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey
him.”